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Pakistan, Afghanistan Extend Ceasefire Amid Rising Tensions

Pakistan, Afghanistan Extend Ceasefire Amid Rising Tensions

October 17, 2025 1:38 pm

Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to extend their temporary ceasefire following a week of deadly border clashes, a senior diplomatic source confirmed on Friday. The truce, initially set for 48 hours, was renewed to allow further talks between the two sides.

A Pakistani delegation has already arrived in Doha, while an Afghan delegation is expected in the Qatari capital on Saturday to discuss conditions for de-escalation, according to officials familiar with the matter. The sources, who requested anonymity, said both governments had shown interest in maintaining calm while pursuing dialogue through diplomatic channels.

The ceasefire comes after a series of …

How I Forced Nigerians To Embrace Local Rice – Buhari

How I Forced Nigerians To Embrace Local Rice – Buhari

July 15, 2022 4:17 pm

President Muhammadu Buhari has announced that a vast majority of Nigerians now eat local rice after the closure of the nation’s borders a few years ago.

Buhari praised farmers in the country for the record production of rice and other food commodities.

The President expressed delight that his agricultural policies of the administration are working to good effect.

He made this assertion while speaking in Katsina on Friday at a meeting with elected Local Government Council Chairmen in the state.

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Buhari said he has a good understanding of Nigeria …

Goods Smuggling Kenya Moves To Enhance Border Security

Goods Smuggling: Kenya Moves To Enhance Border Security

June 15, 2022 4:56 am

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has announced that it has increased border surveillance in order to stem the high amount of smugglers bringing goods in from neighbouring countries such as Tanzania and Uganda.  

The general belief is that the move will help to reduce the potentially large revenue lost to local manufacturers and traders to illicit trade, which the Anti-Counterfeits Authority (ACA) estimates to be more than Sh153 annually. 

The measures follow other recent steps to improve the strength of the Kenyan border, such as the discontinuation of the Kenya visa on arrival. It is now obligatory for all non-visa-waiver …

Border Closure - Nigeria’s Economy, Security Have Improved

Border Closure: Nigeria’s Economy, Security Have Improved

March 8, 2020 5:19 pm
The Joint Border Operation Drill, Sector 3, says Nigeria’s security and economy has improved in less than two months of inauguration.

The Ag. Coordinator, Joint Border Operation Drill, Sector 3, Compt. Garba Mohammed, spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday, in Ilorin, Kwara State.

The sector covers Benue, Kogi, Kwara and Niger States and was set up on January 16, 2020 by the Federal Government.

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”The security situation before was taking a dangerous proportion in terms of banditry, terrorism and cattle rustling”, he said.

”There were

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Ghanaian Traders Lament Over Nigeria Border Closure

January 31, 2020 4:25 am

 

Traders in Ghana have labeled Abuja’s decision to continue shutting its border as needless and un-African. On the contrary, Nigeria claims the border closure has spurred local production and reduced arms smuggling.

 

Gabriel Nartey casts a sad look as he sits idly in his spare parts shop located in Ghana’s capital Accra. The 50-year-old trader complained that he has not seen business this bad. “I am stuck, I am losing customers because I don’t have what they need,” Nartey told DW in an interview. “I don’t know what to do, it’s just a few who can go to …

Border: Foreign Rice Drops As Dealers, CBN, Customs React

January 19, 2020 2:33 pm
The federal government’s border closure, increased surveillance by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the Anchors Borrowers Programme (ABP) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have dropped the volume of foreign rice in Nigerian markets.

A report released on Sunday by Economic Confidential puts the figure at 37 percent, down from 70 percent as at March/April 2019.

Foreign rice such as Mama Gold, Royal Stallion, Rice Master, Caprice, Falcon Rice and Basmati have reduced in the market, while Nigerian rice including Umza and Fursa Crown from Kano, Mama Happy from Niger, Labana Rice from Kebbi, Olam Rice from Nasarawa,

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Border Closure: Customs Seize 42 Bags Of Foreign Rice

January 19, 2020 6:15 am
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) says it has intercepted 42 bags of foreign rice at Kankara axis of Katsina State.

The Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO), Mr Sunday James, who disclosed this in a statement made available to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Saturday in Abuja, said that it was concealed in a vehicle.

James said that the officers were on routine patrol along the Kankara axis when they apprehended a vehicle carrying the contraband.

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According to him, the 42 bags of rice have been handed over

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Ban On Petrol Supply: FG Urges Border To Exercise Patience

January 18, 2020 10:36 am
The Federal Government has appealed to those living in border communities to exercise more patience over the suspension of fuel supply to their areas.

NAN recalls that the Federal Government, through the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), in November 2019, announced the suspension of petrol and diesel supply to filling stations within 20 kilometres radius to all Nigerian borders.

The people of the area have since been complaining that the policy is having adverse effect on them; saying it has paralysed economic activities in their areas.

On many occasions, they accused security agencies involved in the Exercise Swift Response of swindling

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Border Closure: Nigeria Customs Reveals Target

January 12, 2020 2:29 pm
Mohammed Garba, the newly appointed Coordinator for the Joint Border Operations Drill, North central Zone, Ilorin, Kwara State, says Federal Government policy on border closure was targeted at illegal businesses.

NAN reports that he spoke at the palace of the Emir of Yashikira, the Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara on Sunday when he led his team on familiarisation tour of border communities in the state.

Garba, who is also a Comptroller, Nigeria Customs Service, explained that the idea was not to obstruct indigenes from legitimate trading.

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He

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Fuel Stations Sell Fuel In Daura Border Towns Despite Ban

December 27, 2019 10:26 am

Despite the Federal Government’s ban on the supply of petroleum products to filling stations within 20-kilometre radius to the country’s land borders, the product is reportedly being sold in border towns in Katsina State, THISDAY  reliably gathered.

Recall that on Thursday, November 7, the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Hameed Ali, had directed that no petroleum products should be supplied to any filling station within 20 kilometres to the borders in the country.

However, investigations by the THISDAY revealed that some filing stations located at the border communities of Daura and Jibiya are having a field day …

Border Closure: Nigerian Govt Speaks On Date Of Reopening

December 24, 2019 5:35 am

Nigeria’s government has said there is no fixed date for the reopening of the country’s land borders, which were closed in August this year.

President Muhammadu Buhari had explained that the borders were closed, to prevent smuggling of banned items.

Speaking with journalists on Monday, the Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Mariam Katagum, stated that a date for the borders to be reopened would be fixed after a joint patrol team set up by Nigeria and its neighbours submit its recommendations.

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The Minister said the recommendations …

NLC Speaks On Effect Of Border Closure In Nigeria

December 19, 2019 1:55 pm

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Bayelsa on Thursday applauded the Federal Government for the border closure, saying the policy was yielding positive results in various local products, especially rice.

The NLC Chairman in the state, Mr. John Ndiomu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yenagoa that the border closure was doing more good than harm.

According to Ndiomu, the border closure is a good thing to happen to this country.

“I thought there would be no rice, but now, look at our rice everywhere because of the border closure.

“All these rice are locally made in Nigeria. …

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